رَبَّةmistress

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

  He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'

  رَبَّتَهَا — her mistress. The object of the giving-birth, 'her mistress', with an attached '-her' pointing back to the bondwoman who is the subject. It is in the accusative as the one born. The startling sense comes from the suffix linking the child's mistress to the very woman who bore her.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →